Vertical panorama of the statue at the center of Victory Park

More exploring, couple of good days.

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June 13th 2010
Saturday was a pretty great day. We all headed out about 10:30 in the am to Izmailovsky Park where there is this enormous flea market. I'm not kidding when I say enormous. It was really quite overwhelming. Everything you can imagine, and even a few that you can't, is sold there. Most booths are really cool desirable souvenirs, and some booths are just people's junk out of their houses. I got ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more